富国强兵 fù guó qiáng bīng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
  2. Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)

CHARACTERS

富 fù
HSK 4
abundant, ample; rich, wealthy
国 guó
HSK 1
nation, country, nation-state
强 qiáng
HSK 5
strong, powerful, energetic
兵 bīng
HSK 5
soldier, troops